The Stasi Records Archive safeguards and administers the records of the former State Security Service of the GDR. It makes them accessible on the basis of the Stasi Records Act (StUG).
The archive has its central office in Berlin (two locations) and twelve regional offices in the former city capitals of the GDR. It operates within the Ministry of the Commissioner for Culture and Media (BKM).
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